Napoleon Brewer Corbin (1851-1907)
Vineville district, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Napoleon Brewer Corbin married Margaret Hankerson Smith. They had six children.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin. He was the only child of Adeline (Brewer) Corbin Clayton. Adeline was the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin, who died soon after his son was born. His widow Adeline later married a second time, to Robert B. Clayton.
Margaret Hankerson (Smith) Corbin was a daughter of John and Isabella (Davis) Smith of Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin
Corbin, N. clk Jaques & Johnson, res near Pio Nono College, Vineville — 1884 City Directory and Gazetter
Grandson of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer of Vineville. They were from Massachusetts. Three children, all born in Georgia: Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, Adeline Brewer, and Edward Ebenezer Brewer.
Great-grandson of Edward Brewer and Catharine Sparhawk (Aspinwall) Brewer; and Ebenezer Brewer and Mary (Foster) Brewer, all of Massachusetts.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and his wife Mary Foster Brewer kept up correspondence with their families in Massachusetts and other locations. Cousins, aunts and uncles in Massachusetts and other locations were involved with Thomas Aspinwall Brewer after he moved to Georgia and until he died. His son E. E. Brewer went to college at Amherst in Massachusetts. His grandson, William Shepherd Benson of the United States Navy, was acquainted with several relatives and in some situations found himself a colleague to distant cousins, many of whom knew they were related and by which family lines.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer had cousins in Georgia. The family of Edward White, a son of Capt. Benjamin and his wife Elizabeth (Aspinwall) White of Brookline, came to Georgia after the Revolutionary War. Edward White settled in Savannah, where he was buried. He also had a plantation in Georgia called Brooklyn, or Brookline Plantation. His wedding in Brookline was a big affair and has been documented by the Brookline Historical Society. Edward White's children and descendants were close friends to their cousins in the Thomas Aspinwall Brewer family. Newspapers report social visits involving members of the White, Brewer and Benson families which verify this relationship. Edward White of Savannah was a double cousin, being related to Thomas Aspinwall Brewer by his mother Elizabeth Aspinwall and his father Capt. Benjamin White, thus close cousins twice; this in addition to earlier shared ancestors in their family lines, and also being connected by way of marriages between the two families in preceding generations.
Edward Brewer and Ebenezer Brewer were first cousins. Their paternal grandparents were Nathaniel III and Elizabeth (Mayo) Brewer of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was Edward's grandson, and his wife Mary Foster Brewer was granddaughter of Ebenezer Brewer.
Edward Brewer was a son of Stephen Brewer and Susanna White of Roxbury and Brookline, Massachusetts. The Brewers were early settlers of Roxbury and prominent residents for more than two centuries since the founding of that town. The White family were early settlers and prominent residents of nearby Brookline, Massachusetts.
Ebenezer Brewer of Roxbury was a son of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer, also of Roxbury. The Brewer family and Weld family were early settlers and prominent residents of Roxbury.
Joseph Brewer and his wife Rebecca Weld were distant cousins, both being direct descendants of Edward Weld and Amye, of England.
Reverend Thomas Weld was the grandfather of Margaret (Weld) Brewer, wife of Nathaniel Brewer of Roxbury. The Brewer surname descends through this line. Reverend Thomas Weld was an author of the Bay Psalm Book. He was an early leader of the First Church in Roxbury. He was closely associated with Harvard College and a fundraiser for that institution, traveling to and from England several times on behalf of Harvard College. His children were with his first wife Margaret, whose maiden name may have been Deresley. Reverend Thomas Weld was married three times. He died in England, where he was also buried. His son Thomas Weld married Dorothy Whiting, the only daughter of Reverend Samuel Whiting of Lynn and an unknown first wife who died in England. Dorothy's stepmother was Elizabeth (St John) Whiting, daughter of Oliver St John and Sarah (Bulkeley) St John of England. Elizabeth's brother Oliver St John was Chief Justice of England and a supporter of Oliver Cromwell. Dorothy's half-brother was the Reverend Joseph Whiting, another ancestor of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer by way of his grandmother Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall.
Captain Joseph Weld, the brother of Reverend Thomas Weld, was the great-grandfather of Rebecca (Weld) Brewer. He is best known for having donated land to Harvard College and for having been the wealthiest resident of Massachusetts in his day. Capt. Weld and Elizabeth Wise were parents of John Weld, who married Margaret Bowen. Their son Lt. Joseph Weld and his wife Sarah (Faxon) Weld Chamberlain were the parents of Ebenezer Weld, who married Mary Craft. Their daughter Rebecca Weld married Joseph Brewer. In each generation, the family of the wives is known and includes ancestors, but for Elizabeth (Wise) Weld whose father's family is not traced. Elizabeth (Wise) Weld does not tie to any of the Wise families in Massachusetts. Historians and genealogists agree that the ancestry of Elizabeth (Wise) Weld is unknown. Today, the original Weld estate owned by Captain Joseph Weld includes the Harvard Arboretum. Other land was donated by later generations of the family for use as a cemetery.
Read more history below and in biographies found on memorials. Sources available include the Massachusetts Historical Society and various genealogy publications and other publications found online. Several entries on Wikipedia and on history websites are relevant to the Thomas Aspinwall Brewer family of Vineville and Macon and their ancestors. Information about the Brewer family and ancestors (as well as descendants) continues to surface online. Search carefully and often to learn more.
The name Ebenezer descended in the family from Ebenezer Weld to his grandson Ebenezer Brewer, and then to Ebenezer Brewer's grandson Edward Ebenezer Brewer of Vineville, who was named for his two Brewer grandfathers Edward Brewer and Ebenezer Brewer.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin was named Napoleon for his father Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin, and Brewer for his mother's family.
The Brewer family in Georgia were descendants of immigrant ancestor Daniel Brewer and his wife Joanna. Both Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and his wife Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer were direct descendants of Daniel Brewer and Joanna.
Messrs. Culver and Corbin, property for rent
The Macon news. (Macon, Ga.), August 31, 1898, Page 4
CORBIN & VIRGIN
"At Walker's Old Stand, opposite the market
Dealers in Family and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Butter, Chickens, Eggs, etc. Also
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, etc., in their season. All goods delivered free of cost to any part of the city.
We have engaged the services of Mr. C. H. Freeman, who has been catering to the tastes of Macon for the last twenty-eight years, and will do his best for all his old friends who may favor him with a call. sep12tf"
The Telegraph and Messenger
Macon, Georgia
October 17, 1871
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• CORBIN & VIRGIN
Partnership of Napoleon Brewer CORBIN and William Henry VIRGIN.
William Henry Virgin was the father of N. B. Corbin's son-in-law, James Holt Virgin.
• Charles Henry Freeman, father of Hattie Eliza (Freeman) Benson. Hattie was the wife of Napoleon Brewer Corbin's first cousin Thomas Brewer Benson.
• Thomas Brewer Benson was a son of Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson and Richard Aaron Benson.
• Charles Henry Freeman - C. H. Freeman was associated with Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Edward Ebenezer Brewer in the Brewer grocery business. He was employed by Corbin and Virgin. Charles Henry Freeman and his wife Hannah (Lum) Freeman came from New Jersey to Macon.
• Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was a merchant, landowner, gentlemen farmer and planter.
• The Benson-Scott family was Eliza Jane (Jappie) Benson Scott, her son Richard Aaron Benson and his wife Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson, and Eliza's second husband William Scott. They were cotton planters. William Scott had thousands of acres in cotton and other crops. Richard Aaron Benson has been described as a planter. William Shepherd Benson, a son of Richard Aaron Benson and Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, was the first four-star admiral and the first Chief of Naval Operations in the history of the United States Navy.
• The Corbin family were cotton planters. Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin died leaving only one son by his second wife Adeline Brewer, Napoleon Brewer Corbin. His descendants have been prominently associated with Vineville and Macon for several generations. Corbin Avenue in Macon was named for his family.
• Charles Henry Freeman has been called a planter. He lived in Macon where he was a gentleman by standing in the social order of the day, although he seems to have been employed by the Brewer grocery businesses. He was a nephew of Azel Roe Freeman, well-known citizen of Macon. Charles Henry Freeman probably owned some land as well as his residence, but perhaps is more correctly identified with business and mercantile pursuits in Macon, which after all was a city that had developed into a bustling commercial center because of the railroad. His wife Hannah (Lum) Freeman had her own relatives from New Jersey in Macon, notably being owners of a jewelry business. This family did not support succession and for this reason removed from Macon at the beginning of the War Between the States. Charles and Hannah were Macon residents until they died.
Families residing in Vineville had large estates. Their properties in Vineville included gardens and fields where they grew vegetables and kept livestock. Cotton was grown in Vineville, but wealthy planters had large cotton plantations in other locations. They lived in the Vineville district near Macon where they had neighbors, rather than in remote locations where most cotton was grown. Household servants in Vineville were enslaved men and women who worked in the household and as groundskeepers and gardners.
N. B. Corbin's first cousin, Thomas Brewer Benson, was a railroad conductor. At this time, a good position given to men from prominent families and the first step to higher management in the railroad industry. He died in 1880. His wife Hattie Eliza Freeman had died before him, leaving two young daughters, Lula May Benson and Mamie Shepherd Benson.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin continued his grandfather Brewer's mercantile enterprise. He was a well-known businessman in Macon and throughout the region. He was investor and partner in various local enterprises, and held positions on boards of directors for banks and local corporations.
Charles Henry Freeman was closely associated with the Benson family before and after his daughter married Thomas Brewer Benson. He was a close associate to the family of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and thus also to N. B. Corbin. In 1884, Charles Henry Freeman was listed in the Macon City Directory as "Freeman, C. H., planter, res Troup Hill."
N. B. Corbin, Macon Grocery Company
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CORBIN & COX
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CORBIN FAMILY
Notes
Margaret Leona Corbin married James Holt Virgin, son of William Henry Virgin and a grandson of William Simon Holt, the first president of the Southwestern railroad, and Henrietta "Hennie" (Dean) Holt Lamar. Hennie's second husband was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Jr., the distinguished statesman and politician. Henrietta (Dean) Holt Lamar was a graduate of Wesleyan College in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. [William Simon Holt, William S. Holt, Gen. William S. Holt and Gen. W. S. Holt, or simply W. S. Holt.]
http://rosehillcemeterymacongeorgia.blogspot.com/2016/09/wifes-name-is-incorrect-in-obituary-for.html?m=1
J. HOLT VIRGIN, Jeweler
Macon, Georgia
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Katherine, the daughter of Robert Clayton Corbin and Daisy May (Jeter) Corbin, married Yancey Dean Bakewell, son of Mary Melanie (Dean) and Frank Percival Bakewell.
Stone Grandchildren
Charles Corbin Stone
1905 - 1970
Gladys Katherine Stone
1894 - 1993
Margaret Elizabeth Stone
1911 - 1987
Pio Nono College (1876-1920) Roman Catholic college. Cornerstone laid May 3, 1874, at which time the New York Times stated that it was to be "by far the largest Catholic college in the South." The original building was five stories tall, and sat on 40 acres. Operated as a non-denominational institution; was not successful. Occupied next by Jesuits as St. Stanislaus College. Burned November 1921 and not rebuilt. In 1926, the site became Macon's first subdivision, called "Stanislaus" after the college. — Wikipedia
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CORBIN in Georgia
"Near Fickling's Mill was an inn where travelers on coaches spent the night. Many noted guests including Henry Clay, General LaFayette, James Polk, were entertained at numerous inns along this main route to New Orleans. The Peter Corbin mansion which stood about a mile from the Flint River on the Wire Road entertained General LaFayette. (See Corbin Family, by Charles Culver Corbin, Jr. at Butler Library)."
— HISTORY OF TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA
BREWER family
Massachusetts to Georgia
Daniel Brewer and Joanna, Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Rand, Nathaniel Brewer, Jr. and Margaret Weld, Nathaniel Brewer III and Elizabeth Mayo. In the next generation, two bothers become direct ancestors of Adeline Brewer, the mother of Napoleon Brewer Corbin.
Line One
- PATERNAL line, the Brewer surname in Georgia
Nathaniel Brewer III married Elizabeth Mayo:
Stephen Brewer married Susanna White, Edward Brewer married Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall, THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER married Mary Foster Brewer.
Line Two
- MATERNAL line to Brewer family in Georgia
Nathaniel Brewer III married Elizabeth Mayo:
Joseph Brewer married Rebeckah Weld, Ebenezer Brewer married Mary Foster, MARY FOSTER BREWER married Thomas Aspinwall Brewer.
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ASPINWALL family of Brookline, Massachusetts
Peter Aspinwall and Remember Palfrey, Capt. Samuel Aspinwall and Sarah Stevens, Lt. Thomas Aspinwall and Johanna Gardner, Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall and Lucy Sparhawk, Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall and Edward Brewer (shared several ancestors), Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster Brewer (second cousins in the Brewer family, shared Weld ancestors, other shared ancestors), Adeline Brewer married Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin. Napoleon Brewer Corbin was their son.
Peter Aspinwall
- parents unknown
Remember Palfrey
- daughter of Peter and Edith Palfrey
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Captain Samuel Aspinwall
Sarah Stevens
Her niece Mary (Stevens) Warren was the mother of Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the American Revolution. Dr. Warren was a close friend to his second cousins Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall and Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline.
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Lt. Thomas Aspinwall
Johanna Gardner
Johanna's father Capt. Caleb Gardner, of Brookline, Mass. and Newport, Rhode Island, was a nephew of Mary (Gardner) Boylston and by this relationship a cousin to President John Adams, who was also a close friend. John Quincy Adams was a close family friend as the relationship continued into the next generations of their family.
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Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall
Lucy Sparhawk
Lucy's family relationships and ancestors are notable and many. She was the aunt of Susannah (Gardner) Aspinwall, wife of her husband's brother Dr. William Aspinwall. Lucy's sister Mary (Sparhawk) and Isaac Gardner, a cousin of Lucy's husband Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall, were parents of Mrs. Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline. The Sparhawk line to Lucy includes surnames Oliver, Danforth, Whiting, St John, Hyde, Fuller and others, being a well-documented lineage rich in colonial history and with documented royal ancestors by way of the St John line. Nathaniel Sparhawk was a Deacon of the Cambridge church in Massachusetts and prominent landowner with thousands of acres to his name. The Reverends Samuel Newman and Samuel and Joseph Whiting are among distinguished ancestors, also including Hon. Thomas Danforth of Cambridge and Framingham, Massachusetts who was the first treasurer of Harvard College, President of Maine and Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Lucy's ancestor John "The Scholar" Oliver graduated with the Harvard class of 1645. The list of ancestors with a notable history is too long to continue here.
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Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
Edward Brewer
Descendant of Daniel Brewer. Sixth generation of the Brewer family who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Son of Stephen Brewer and Susanna (White) Brewer. Susanna was a first cousin of Susanna (Boylston) Adams, the mother of President John Adams, by way of her father Major Edward White of Brookline, whose sister Ann White married Peter Boylston.
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Thomas Aspinwall Brewer
Mary Foster Brewer
Her father Ebenezer Brewer was a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer. Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was her second cousin in the Brewer family of Roxbury, being the grandson of Stephen Brewer. Stephen and Joseph were sons of Nathaniel Brewer III and Elizabeth (Mayo) Brewer of Roxbury. Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer was the daughter of Mary (Foster) and Ebenezer Brewer of Roxbury. Her maternal grandparents parents were probably John and Jane Foster of Boston. The Foster line needs serious research. There might be a Mayflower connection, but the Rose Foster-Myles Standish story doesn't align with information from current scholarship. There are several Foster families in the greater Boston area by the time this Mary Foster married Ebenezer Brewer. To identify the correct Foster line to Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer, the help of professionals engaged in genealogical and historical research is needed. Unfortunately the facts seem lost to history at this moment in time (2023).
In each generation, learning about siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and their lives and associates will yield a more complete understanding of the lives and circumstances of the direct line ancestors. There is much factual information to read and enjoy that adds context to family history in the direct line. Everyone has extended family and associates. Much can be gained from this type of family research.
The Aspinwall line from Peter Aspinwall includes Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Samuel Finley Breese Morse and countless other men and women of distinction. More importantly, the family were involved for generations as friends as well as family. They knew one another, corresponded and served together in government for over two centuries. In the 20th century, Admiral William Shepherd Benson and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt were cousins, and knew they were cousins and who their ancestors were. Benson and FDR also had an Aspinwall-Brewer connection via FDR's maternal line.
Descendants of Peter Aspinwall remained closely involved as family even as one branch of the Aspinwall family was settled at the family seat in Brookline and the other prominent branch became settled in New York. The Connecticut Aspinwall family were closely involved with cousins in Brookline and New York also, including by way of the silk industry in Connecticut and development of the textile industry in the United States, and in trade.
NAPOLEON BREWER CORBIN
Son of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin
and Adeline (Brewer) Corbin Clayton
Vineville, Bibb County, Georgia
Vineville district, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Napoleon Brewer Corbin married Margaret Hankerson Smith. They had six children.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin. He was the only child of Adeline (Brewer) Corbin Clayton. Adeline was the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin, who died soon after his son was born. His widow Adeline later married a second time, to Robert B. Clayton.
Margaret Hankerson (Smith) Corbin was a daughter of John and Isabella (Davis) Smith of Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin
Corbin, N. clk Jaques & Johnson, res near Pio Nono College, Vineville — 1884 City Directory and Gazetter
Grandson of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer of Vineville. They were from Massachusetts. Three children, all born in Georgia: Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, Adeline Brewer, and Edward Ebenezer Brewer.
Great-grandson of Edward Brewer and Catharine Sparhawk (Aspinwall) Brewer; and Ebenezer Brewer and Mary (Foster) Brewer, all of Massachusetts.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and his wife Mary Foster Brewer kept up correspondence with their families in Massachusetts and other locations. Cousins, aunts and uncles in Massachusetts and other locations were involved with Thomas Aspinwall Brewer after he moved to Georgia and until he died. His son E. E. Brewer went to college at Amherst in Massachusetts. His grandson, William Shepherd Benson of the United States Navy, was acquainted with several relatives and in some situations found himself a colleague to distant cousins, many of whom knew they were related and by which family lines.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer had cousins in Georgia. The family of Edward White, a son of Capt. Benjamin and his wife Elizabeth (Aspinwall) White of Brookline, came to Georgia after the Revolutionary War. Edward White settled in Savannah, where he was buried. He also had a plantation in Georgia called Brooklyn, or Brookline Plantation. His wedding in Brookline was a big affair and has been documented by the Brookline Historical Society. Edward White's children and descendants were close friends to their cousins in the Thomas Aspinwall Brewer family. Newspapers report social visits involving members of the White, Brewer and Benson families which verify this relationship. Edward White of Savannah was a double cousin, being related to Thomas Aspinwall Brewer by his mother Elizabeth Aspinwall and his father Capt. Benjamin White, thus close cousins twice; this in addition to earlier shared ancestors in their family lines, and also being connected by way of marriages between the two families in preceding generations.
Edward Brewer and Ebenezer Brewer were first cousins. Their paternal grandparents were Nathaniel III and Elizabeth (Mayo) Brewer of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was Edward's grandson, and his wife Mary Foster Brewer was granddaughter of Ebenezer Brewer.
Edward Brewer was a son of Stephen Brewer and Susanna White of Roxbury and Brookline, Massachusetts. The Brewers were early settlers of Roxbury and prominent residents for more than two centuries since the founding of that town. The White family were early settlers and prominent residents of nearby Brookline, Massachusetts.
Ebenezer Brewer of Roxbury was a son of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer, also of Roxbury. The Brewer family and Weld family were early settlers and prominent residents of Roxbury.
Joseph Brewer and his wife Rebecca Weld were distant cousins, both being direct descendants of Edward Weld and Amye, of England.
Reverend Thomas Weld was the grandfather of Margaret (Weld) Brewer, wife of Nathaniel Brewer of Roxbury. The Brewer surname descends through this line. Reverend Thomas Weld was an author of the Bay Psalm Book. He was an early leader of the First Church in Roxbury. He was closely associated with Harvard College and a fundraiser for that institution, traveling to and from England several times on behalf of Harvard College. His children were with his first wife Margaret, whose maiden name may have been Deresley. Reverend Thomas Weld was married three times. He died in England, where he was also buried. His son Thomas Weld married Dorothy Whiting, the only daughter of Reverend Samuel Whiting of Lynn and an unknown first wife who died in England. Dorothy's stepmother was Elizabeth (St John) Whiting, daughter of Oliver St John and Sarah (Bulkeley) St John of England. Elizabeth's brother Oliver St John was Chief Justice of England and a supporter of Oliver Cromwell. Dorothy's half-brother was the Reverend Joseph Whiting, another ancestor of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer by way of his grandmother Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall.
Captain Joseph Weld, the brother of Reverend Thomas Weld, was the great-grandfather of Rebecca (Weld) Brewer. He is best known for having donated land to Harvard College and for having been the wealthiest resident of Massachusetts in his day. Capt. Weld and Elizabeth Wise were parents of John Weld, who married Margaret Bowen. Their son Lt. Joseph Weld and his wife Sarah (Faxon) Weld Chamberlain were the parents of Ebenezer Weld, who married Mary Craft. Their daughter Rebecca Weld married Joseph Brewer. In each generation, the family of the wives is known and includes ancestors, but for Elizabeth (Wise) Weld whose father's family is not traced. Elizabeth (Wise) Weld does not tie to any of the Wise families in Massachusetts. Historians and genealogists agree that the ancestry of Elizabeth (Wise) Weld is unknown. Today, the original Weld estate owned by Captain Joseph Weld includes the Harvard Arboretum. Other land was donated by later generations of the family for use as a cemetery.
Read more history below and in biographies found on memorials. Sources available include the Massachusetts Historical Society and various genealogy publications and other publications found online. Several entries on Wikipedia and on history websites are relevant to the Thomas Aspinwall Brewer family of Vineville and Macon and their ancestors. Information about the Brewer family and ancestors (as well as descendants) continues to surface online. Search carefully and often to learn more.
The name Ebenezer descended in the family from Ebenezer Weld to his grandson Ebenezer Brewer, and then to Ebenezer Brewer's grandson Edward Ebenezer Brewer of Vineville, who was named for his two Brewer grandfathers Edward Brewer and Ebenezer Brewer.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin was named Napoleon for his father Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin, and Brewer for his mother's family.
The Brewer family in Georgia were descendants of immigrant ancestor Daniel Brewer and his wife Joanna. Both Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and his wife Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer were direct descendants of Daniel Brewer and Joanna.
Messrs. Culver and Corbin, property for rent
The Macon news. (Macon, Ga.), August 31, 1898, Page 4
CORBIN & VIRGIN
"At Walker's Old Stand, opposite the market
Dealers in Family and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Butter, Chickens, Eggs, etc. Also
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, etc., in their season. All goods delivered free of cost to any part of the city.
We have engaged the services of Mr. C. H. Freeman, who has been catering to the tastes of Macon for the last twenty-eight years, and will do his best for all his old friends who may favor him with a call. sep12tf"
The Telegraph and Messenger
Macon, Georgia
October 17, 1871
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034225/1871-10-17/ed-1/seq-2/
• CORBIN & VIRGIN
Partnership of Napoleon Brewer CORBIN and William Henry VIRGIN.
William Henry Virgin was the father of N. B. Corbin's son-in-law, James Holt Virgin.
• Charles Henry Freeman, father of Hattie Eliza (Freeman) Benson. Hattie was the wife of Napoleon Brewer Corbin's first cousin Thomas Brewer Benson.
• Thomas Brewer Benson was a son of Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson and Richard Aaron Benson.
• Charles Henry Freeman - C. H. Freeman was associated with Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Edward Ebenezer Brewer in the Brewer grocery business. He was employed by Corbin and Virgin. Charles Henry Freeman and his wife Hannah (Lum) Freeman came from New Jersey to Macon.
• Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was a merchant, landowner, gentlemen farmer and planter.
• The Benson-Scott family was Eliza Jane (Jappie) Benson Scott, her son Richard Aaron Benson and his wife Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson, and Eliza's second husband William Scott. They were cotton planters. William Scott had thousands of acres in cotton and other crops. Richard Aaron Benson has been described as a planter. William Shepherd Benson, a son of Richard Aaron Benson and Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, was the first four-star admiral and the first Chief of Naval Operations in the history of the United States Navy.
• The Corbin family were cotton planters. Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin died leaving only one son by his second wife Adeline Brewer, Napoleon Brewer Corbin. His descendants have been prominently associated with Vineville and Macon for several generations. Corbin Avenue in Macon was named for his family.
• Charles Henry Freeman has been called a planter. He lived in Macon where he was a gentleman by standing in the social order of the day, although he seems to have been employed by the Brewer grocery businesses. He was a nephew of Azel Roe Freeman, well-known citizen of Macon. Charles Henry Freeman probably owned some land as well as his residence, but perhaps is more correctly identified with business and mercantile pursuits in Macon, which after all was a city that had developed into a bustling commercial center because of the railroad. His wife Hannah (Lum) Freeman had her own relatives from New Jersey in Macon, notably being owners of a jewelry business. This family did not support succession and for this reason removed from Macon at the beginning of the War Between the States. Charles and Hannah were Macon residents until they died.
Families residing in Vineville had large estates. Their properties in Vineville included gardens and fields where they grew vegetables and kept livestock. Cotton was grown in Vineville, but wealthy planters had large cotton plantations in other locations. They lived in the Vineville district near Macon where they had neighbors, rather than in remote locations where most cotton was grown. Household servants in Vineville were enslaved men and women who worked in the household and as groundskeepers and gardners.
N. B. Corbin's first cousin, Thomas Brewer Benson, was a railroad conductor. At this time, a good position given to men from prominent families and the first step to higher management in the railroad industry. He died in 1880. His wife Hattie Eliza Freeman had died before him, leaving two young daughters, Lula May Benson and Mamie Shepherd Benson.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin continued his grandfather Brewer's mercantile enterprise. He was a well-known businessman in Macon and throughout the region. He was investor and partner in various local enterprises, and held positions on boards of directors for banks and local corporations.
Charles Henry Freeman was closely associated with the Benson family before and after his daughter married Thomas Brewer Benson. He was a close associate to the family of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and thus also to N. B. Corbin. In 1884, Charles Henry Freeman was listed in the Macon City Directory as "Freeman, C. H., planter, res Troup Hill."
N. B. Corbin, Macon Grocery Company
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CORBIN & COX
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CORBIN FAMILY
Notes
Margaret Leona Corbin married James Holt Virgin, son of William Henry Virgin and a grandson of William Simon Holt, the first president of the Southwestern railroad, and Henrietta "Hennie" (Dean) Holt Lamar. Hennie's second husband was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Jr., the distinguished statesman and politician. Henrietta (Dean) Holt Lamar was a graduate of Wesleyan College in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. [William Simon Holt, William S. Holt, Gen. William S. Holt and Gen. W. S. Holt, or simply W. S. Holt.]
http://rosehillcemeterymacongeorgia.blogspot.com/2016/09/wifes-name-is-incorrect-in-obituary-for.html?m=1
J. HOLT VIRGIN, Jeweler
Macon, Georgia
https://books.google.com/books?id=Vmg9AQAAMAAJ&q=Virgin+Macon#v=snippet&q=Virgin%20Macon&f=false
Katherine, the daughter of Robert Clayton Corbin and Daisy May (Jeter) Corbin, married Yancey Dean Bakewell, son of Mary Melanie (Dean) and Frank Percival Bakewell.
Stone Grandchildren
Charles Corbin Stone
1905 - 1970
Gladys Katherine Stone
1894 - 1993
Margaret Elizabeth Stone
1911 - 1987
Pio Nono College (1876-1920) Roman Catholic college. Cornerstone laid May 3, 1874, at which time the New York Times stated that it was to be "by far the largest Catholic college in the South." The original building was five stories tall, and sat on 40 acres. Operated as a non-denominational institution; was not successful. Occupied next by Jesuits as St. Stanislaus College. Burned November 1921 and not rebuilt. In 1926, the site became Macon's first subdivision, called "Stanislaus" after the college. — Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pio_Nono_College_(Georgia)
CORBIN in Georgia
"Near Fickling's Mill was an inn where travelers on coaches spent the night. Many noted guests including Henry Clay, General LaFayette, James Polk, were entertained at numerous inns along this main route to New Orleans. The Peter Corbin mansion which stood about a mile from the Flint River on the Wire Road entertained General LaFayette. (See Corbin Family, by Charles Culver Corbin, Jr. at Butler Library)."
— HISTORY OF TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA
BREWER family
Massachusetts to Georgia
Daniel Brewer and Joanna, Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Rand, Nathaniel Brewer, Jr. and Margaret Weld, Nathaniel Brewer III and Elizabeth Mayo. In the next generation, two bothers become direct ancestors of Adeline Brewer, the mother of Napoleon Brewer Corbin.
Line One
- PATERNAL line, the Brewer surname in Georgia
Nathaniel Brewer III married Elizabeth Mayo:
Stephen Brewer married Susanna White, Edward Brewer married Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall, THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER married Mary Foster Brewer.
Line Two
- MATERNAL line to Brewer family in Georgia
Nathaniel Brewer III married Elizabeth Mayo:
Joseph Brewer married Rebeckah Weld, Ebenezer Brewer married Mary Foster, MARY FOSTER BREWER married Thomas Aspinwall Brewer.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066183567&view=1up&seq=142&skin=2021
ASPINWALL family of Brookline, Massachusetts
Peter Aspinwall and Remember Palfrey, Capt. Samuel Aspinwall and Sarah Stevens, Lt. Thomas Aspinwall and Johanna Gardner, Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall and Lucy Sparhawk, Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall and Edward Brewer (shared several ancestors), Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster Brewer (second cousins in the Brewer family, shared Weld ancestors, other shared ancestors), Adeline Brewer married Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin. Napoleon Brewer Corbin was their son.
Peter Aspinwall
- parents unknown
Remember Palfrey
- daughter of Peter and Edith Palfrey
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Captain Samuel Aspinwall
Sarah Stevens
Her niece Mary (Stevens) Warren was the mother of Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the American Revolution. Dr. Warren was a close friend to his second cousins Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall and Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline.
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Lt. Thomas Aspinwall
Johanna Gardner
Johanna's father Capt. Caleb Gardner, of Brookline, Mass. and Newport, Rhode Island, was a nephew of Mary (Gardner) Boylston and by this relationship a cousin to President John Adams, who was also a close friend. John Quincy Adams was a close family friend as the relationship continued into the next generations of their family.
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Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall
Lucy Sparhawk
Lucy's family relationships and ancestors are notable and many. She was the aunt of Susannah (Gardner) Aspinwall, wife of her husband's brother Dr. William Aspinwall. Lucy's sister Mary (Sparhawk) and Isaac Gardner, a cousin of Lucy's husband Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall, were parents of Mrs. Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline. The Sparhawk line to Lucy includes surnames Oliver, Danforth, Whiting, St John, Hyde, Fuller and others, being a well-documented lineage rich in colonial history and with documented royal ancestors by way of the St John line. Nathaniel Sparhawk was a Deacon of the Cambridge church in Massachusetts and prominent landowner with thousands of acres to his name. The Reverends Samuel Newman and Samuel and Joseph Whiting are among distinguished ancestors, also including Hon. Thomas Danforth of Cambridge and Framingham, Massachusetts who was the first treasurer of Harvard College, President of Maine and Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Lucy's ancestor John "The Scholar" Oliver graduated with the Harvard class of 1645. The list of ancestors with a notable history is too long to continue here.
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Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
Edward Brewer
Descendant of Daniel Brewer. Sixth generation of the Brewer family who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Son of Stephen Brewer and Susanna (White) Brewer. Susanna was a first cousin of Susanna (Boylston) Adams, the mother of President John Adams, by way of her father Major Edward White of Brookline, whose sister Ann White married Peter Boylston.
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Thomas Aspinwall Brewer
Mary Foster Brewer
Her father Ebenezer Brewer was a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer. Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was her second cousin in the Brewer family of Roxbury, being the grandson of Stephen Brewer. Stephen and Joseph were sons of Nathaniel Brewer III and Elizabeth (Mayo) Brewer of Roxbury. Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer was the daughter of Mary (Foster) and Ebenezer Brewer of Roxbury. Her maternal grandparents parents were probably John and Jane Foster of Boston. The Foster line needs serious research. There might be a Mayflower connection, but the Rose Foster-Myles Standish story doesn't align with information from current scholarship. There are several Foster families in the greater Boston area by the time this Mary Foster married Ebenezer Brewer. To identify the correct Foster line to Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer, the help of professionals engaged in genealogical and historical research is needed. Unfortunately the facts seem lost to history at this moment in time (2023).
In each generation, learning about siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and their lives and associates will yield a more complete understanding of the lives and circumstances of the direct line ancestors. There is much factual information to read and enjoy that adds context to family history in the direct line. Everyone has extended family and associates. Much can be gained from this type of family research.
The Aspinwall line from Peter Aspinwall includes Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Samuel Finley Breese Morse and countless other men and women of distinction. More importantly, the family were involved for generations as friends as well as family. They knew one another, corresponded and served together in government for over two centuries. In the 20th century, Admiral William Shepherd Benson and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt were cousins, and knew they were cousins and who their ancestors were. Benson and FDR also had an Aspinwall-Brewer connection via FDR's maternal line.
Descendants of Peter Aspinwall remained closely involved as family even as one branch of the Aspinwall family was settled at the family seat in Brookline and the other prominent branch became settled in New York. The Connecticut Aspinwall family were closely involved with cousins in Brookline and New York also, including by way of the silk industry in Connecticut and development of the textile industry in the United States, and in trade.
NAPOLEON BREWER CORBIN
Son of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin
and Adeline (Brewer) Corbin Clayton
Vineville, Bibb County, Georgia
Napoleon Brewer Corbin (1851-1907)
Vineville district, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Napoleon Brewer Corbin married Margaret Hankerson Smith. They had six children.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin. He was the only child of Adeline (Brewer) Corbin Clayton. Adeline was the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin, who died soon after his son was born. His widow Adeline later married a second time, to Robert B. Clayton.
Margaret Hankerson (Smith) Corbin was a daughter of John and Isabella (Davis) Smith of Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin
Corbin, N. clk Jaques & Johnson, res near Pio Nono College, Vineville — 1884 City Directory and Gazetter
Grandson of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer of Vineville. They were from Massachusetts. Three children, all born in Georgia: Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, Adeline Brewer, and Edward Ebenezer Brewer.
Great-grandson of Edward Brewer and Catharine Sparhawk (Aspinwall) Brewer; and Ebenezer Brewer and Mary (Foster) Brewer, all of Massachusetts.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and his wife Mary Foster Brewer kept up correspondence with their families in Massachusetts and other locations. Cousins, aunts and uncles in Massachusetts and other locations were involved with Thomas Aspinwall Brewer after he moved to Georgia and until he died. His son E. E. Brewer went to college at Amherst in Massachusetts. His grandson, William Shepherd Benson of the United States Navy, was acquainted with several relatives and in some situations found himself a colleague to distant cousins, many of whom knew they were related and by which family lines.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer had cousins in Georgia. The family of Edward White, a son of Capt. Benjamin and his wife Elizabeth (Aspinwall) White of Brookline, came to Georgia after the Revolutionary War. Edward White settled in Savannah, where he was buried. He also had a plantation in Georgia called Brooklyn, or Brookline Plantation. His wedding in Brookline was a big affair and has been documented by the Brookline Historical Society. Edward White's children and descendants were close friends to their cousins in the Thomas Aspinwall Brewer family. Newspapers report social visits involving members of the White, Brewer and Benson families which verify this relationship. Edward White of Savannah was a double cousin, being related to Thomas Aspinwall Brewer by his mother Elizabeth Aspinwall and his father Capt. Benjamin White, thus close cousins twice; this in addition to earlier shared ancestors in their family lines, and also being connected by way of marriages between the two families in preceding generations.
Edward Brewer and Ebenezer Brewer were first cousins. Their paternal grandparents were Nathaniel III and Elizabeth (Mayo) Brewer of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was Edward's grandson, and his wife Mary Foster Brewer was granddaughter of Ebenezer Brewer.
Edward Brewer was a son of Stephen Brewer and Susanna White of Roxbury and Brookline, Massachusetts. The Brewers were early settlers of Roxbury and prominent residents for more than two centuries since the founding of that town. The White family were early settlers and prominent residents of nearby Brookline, Massachusetts.
Ebenezer Brewer of Roxbury was a son of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer, also of Roxbury. The Brewer family and Weld family were early settlers and prominent residents of Roxbury.
Joseph Brewer and his wife Rebecca Weld were distant cousins, both being direct descendants of Edward Weld and Amye, of England.
Reverend Thomas Weld was the grandfather of Margaret (Weld) Brewer, wife of Nathaniel Brewer of Roxbury. The Brewer surname descends through this line. Reverend Thomas Weld was an author of the Bay Psalm Book. He was an early leader of the First Church in Roxbury. He was closely associated with Harvard College and a fundraiser for that institution, traveling to and from England several times on behalf of Harvard College. His children were with his first wife Margaret, whose maiden name may have been Deresley. Reverend Thomas Weld was married three times. He died in England, where he was also buried. His son Thomas Weld married Dorothy Whiting, the only daughter of Reverend Samuel Whiting of Lynn and an unknown first wife who died in England. Dorothy's stepmother was Elizabeth (St John) Whiting, daughter of Oliver St John and Sarah (Bulkeley) St John of England. Elizabeth's brother Oliver St John was Chief Justice of England and a supporter of Oliver Cromwell. Dorothy's half-brother was the Reverend Joseph Whiting, another ancestor of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer by way of his grandmother Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall.
Captain Joseph Weld, the brother of Reverend Thomas Weld, was the great-grandfather of Rebecca (Weld) Brewer. He is best known for having donated land to Harvard College and for having been the wealthiest resident of Massachusetts in his day. Capt. Weld and Elizabeth Wise were parents of John Weld, who married Margaret Bowen. Their son Lt. Joseph Weld and his wife Sarah (Faxon) Weld Chamberlain were the parents of Ebenezer Weld, who married Mary Craft. Their daughter Rebecca Weld married Joseph Brewer. In each generation, the family of the wives is known and includes ancestors, but for Elizabeth (Wise) Weld whose father's family is not traced. Elizabeth (Wise) Weld does not tie to any of the Wise families in Massachusetts. Historians and genealogists agree that the ancestry of Elizabeth (Wise) Weld is unknown. Today, the original Weld estate owned by Captain Joseph Weld includes the Harvard Arboretum. Other land was donated by later generations of the family for use as a cemetery.
Read more history below and in biographies found on memorials. Sources available include the Massachusetts Historical Society and various genealogy publications and other publications found online. Several entries on Wikipedia and on history websites are relevant to the Thomas Aspinwall Brewer family of Vineville and Macon and their ancestors. Information about the Brewer family and ancestors (as well as descendants) continues to surface online. Search carefully and often to learn more.
The name Ebenezer descended in the family from Ebenezer Weld to his grandson Ebenezer Brewer, and then to Ebenezer Brewer's grandson Edward Ebenezer Brewer of Vineville, who was named for his two Brewer grandfathers Edward Brewer and Ebenezer Brewer.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin was named Napoleon for his father Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin, and Brewer for his mother's family.
The Brewer family in Georgia were descendants of immigrant ancestor Daniel Brewer and his wife Joanna. Both Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and his wife Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer were direct descendants of Daniel Brewer and Joanna.
Messrs. Culver and Corbin, property for rent
The Macon news. (Macon, Ga.), August 31, 1898, Page 4
CORBIN & VIRGIN
"At Walker's Old Stand, opposite the market
Dealers in Family and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Butter, Chickens, Eggs, etc. Also
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, etc., in their season. All goods delivered free of cost to any part of the city.
We have engaged the services of Mr. C. H. Freeman, who has been catering to the tastes of Macon for the last twenty-eight years, and will do his best for all his old friends who may favor him with a call. sep12tf"
The Telegraph and Messenger
Macon, Georgia
October 17, 1871
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034225/1871-10-17/ed-1/seq-2/
• CORBIN & VIRGIN
Partnership of Napoleon Brewer CORBIN and William Henry VIRGIN.
William Henry Virgin was the father of N. B. Corbin's son-in-law, James Holt Virgin.
• Charles Henry Freeman, father of Hattie Eliza (Freeman) Benson. Hattie was the wife of Napoleon Brewer Corbin's first cousin Thomas Brewer Benson.
• Thomas Brewer Benson was a son of Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson and Richard Aaron Benson.
• Charles Henry Freeman - C. H. Freeman was associated with Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Edward Ebenezer Brewer in the Brewer grocery business. He was employed by Corbin and Virgin. Charles Henry Freeman and his wife Hannah (Lum) Freeman came from New Jersey to Macon.
• Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was a merchant, landowner, gentlemen farmer and planter.
• The Benson-Scott family was Eliza Jane (Jappie) Benson Scott, her son Richard Aaron Benson and his wife Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson, and Eliza's second husband William Scott. They were cotton planters. William Scott had thousands of acres in cotton and other crops. Richard Aaron Benson has been described as a planter. William Shepherd Benson, a son of Richard Aaron Benson and Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, was the first four-star admiral and the first Chief of Naval Operations in the history of the United States Navy.
• The Corbin family were cotton planters. Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin died leaving only one son by his second wife Adeline Brewer, Napoleon Brewer Corbin. His descendants have been prominently associated with Vineville and Macon for several generations. Corbin Avenue in Macon was named for his family.
• Charles Henry Freeman has been called a planter. He lived in Macon where he was a gentleman by standing in the social order of the day, although he seems to have been employed by the Brewer grocery businesses. He was a nephew of Azel Roe Freeman, well-known citizen of Macon. Charles Henry Freeman probably owned some land as well as his residence, but perhaps is more correctly identified with business and mercantile pursuits in Macon, which after all was a city that had developed into a bustling commercial center because of the railroad. His wife Hannah (Lum) Freeman had her own relatives from New Jersey in Macon, notably being owners of a jewelry business. This family did not support succession and for this reason removed from Macon at the beginning of the War Between the States. Charles and Hannah were Macon residents until they died.
Families residing in Vineville had large estates. Their properties in Vineville included gardens and fields where they grew vegetables and kept livestock. Cotton was grown in Vineville, but wealthy planters had large cotton plantations in other locations. They lived in the Vineville district near Macon where they had neighbors, rather than in remote locations where most cotton was grown. Household servants in Vineville were enslaved men and women who worked in the household and as groundskeepers and gardners.
N. B. Corbin's first cousin, Thomas Brewer Benson, was a railroad conductor. At this time, a good position given to men from prominent families and the first step to higher management in the railroad industry. He died in 1880. His wife Hattie Eliza Freeman had died before him, leaving two young daughters, Lula May Benson and Mamie Shepherd Benson.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin continued his grandfather Brewer's mercantile enterprise. He was a well-known businessman in Macon and throughout the region. He was investor and partner in various local enterprises, and held positions on boards of directors for banks and local corporations.
Charles Henry Freeman was closely associated with the Benson family before and after his daughter married Thomas Brewer Benson. He was a close associate to the family of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and thus also to N. B. Corbin. In 1884, Charles Henry Freeman was listed in the Macon City Directory as "Freeman, C. H., planter, res Troup Hill."
N. B. Corbin, Macon Grocery Company
https://books.google.com/books?id=hFZGAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gb_mobile_entity&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&hl=en&focus=searchwithinvolume&gbmsitb=1#v=snippet&q=N%20B%20Corbin%20&f=false
CORBIN & COX
https://books.google.com/books?id=h-8xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA329&lpg=PA329&dq=corbin+and+Jacques+macon+georgia&source=bl&ots=JDLVlhKiyb&sig=ACfU3U0OLuKSHKtUIGaEGe43R6Mmjl1rNQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit4sHsvKHzAhVwTDABHZ35BKoQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=corbin%20and%20Jacques%20macon%20georgia&f=false
CORBIN FAMILY
Notes
Margaret Leona Corbin married James Holt Virgin, son of William Henry Virgin and a grandson of William Simon Holt, the first president of the Southwestern railroad, and Henrietta "Hennie" (Dean) Holt Lamar. Hennie's second husband was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Jr., the distinguished statesman and politician. Henrietta (Dean) Holt Lamar was a graduate of Wesleyan College in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. [William Simon Holt, William S. Holt, Gen. William S. Holt and Gen. W. S. Holt, or simply W. S. Holt.]
http://rosehillcemeterymacongeorgia.blogspot.com/2016/09/wifes-name-is-incorrect-in-obituary-for.html?m=1
J. HOLT VIRGIN, Jeweler
Macon, Georgia
https://books.google.com/books?id=Vmg9AQAAMAAJ&q=Virgin+Macon#v=snippet&q=Virgin%20Macon&f=false
Katherine, the daughter of Robert Clayton Corbin and Daisy May (Jeter) Corbin, married Yancey Dean Bakewell, son of Mary Melanie (Dean) and Frank Percival Bakewell.
Stone Grandchildren
Charles Corbin Stone
1905 - 1970
Gladys Katherine Stone
1894 - 1993
Margaret Elizabeth Stone
1911 - 1987
Pio Nono College (1876-1920) Roman Catholic college. Cornerstone laid May 3, 1874, at which time the New York Times stated that it was to be "by far the largest Catholic college in the South." The original building was five stories tall, and sat on 40 acres. Operated as a non-denominational institution; was not successful. Occupied next by Jesuits as St. Stanislaus College. Burned November 1921 and not rebuilt. In 1926, the site became Macon's first subdivision, called "Stanislaus" after the college. — Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pio_Nono_College_(Georgia)
CORBIN in Georgia
"Near Fickling's Mill was an inn where travelers on coaches spent the night. Many noted guests including Henry Clay, General LaFayette, James Polk, were entertained at numerous inns along this main route to New Orleans. The Peter Corbin mansion which stood about a mile from the Flint River on the Wire Road entertained General LaFayette. (See Corbin Family, by Charles Culver Corbin, Jr. at Butler Library)."
— HISTORY OF TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA
BREWER family
Massachusetts to Georgia
Daniel Brewer and Joanna, Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Rand, Nathaniel Brewer, Jr. and Margaret Weld, Nathaniel Brewer III and Elizabeth Mayo. In the next generation, two bothers become direct ancestors of Adeline Brewer, the mother of Napoleon Brewer Corbin.
Line One
- PATERNAL line, the Brewer surname in Georgia
Nathaniel Brewer III married Elizabeth Mayo:
Stephen Brewer married Susanna White, Edward Brewer married Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall, THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER married Mary Foster Brewer.
Line Two
- MATERNAL line to Brewer family in Georgia
Nathaniel Brewer III married Elizabeth Mayo:
Joseph Brewer married Rebeckah Weld, Ebenezer Brewer married Mary Foster, MARY FOSTER BREWER married Thomas Aspinwall Brewer.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066183567&view=1up&seq=142&skin=2021
ASPINWALL family of Brookline, Massachusetts
Peter Aspinwall and Remember Palfrey, Capt. Samuel Aspinwall and Sarah Stevens, Lt. Thomas Aspinwall and Johanna Gardner, Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall and Lucy Sparhawk, Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall and Edward Brewer (shared several ancestors), Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster Brewer (second cousins in the Brewer family, shared Weld ancestors, other shared ancestors), Adeline Brewer married Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin. Napoleon Brewer Corbin was their son.
Peter Aspinwall
- parents unknown
Remember Palfrey
- daughter of Peter and Edith Palfrey
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Captain Samuel Aspinwall
Sarah Stevens
Her niece Mary (Stevens) Warren was the mother of Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the American Revolution. Dr. Warren was a close friend to his second cousins Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall and Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline.
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Lt. Thomas Aspinwall
Johanna Gardner
Johanna's father Capt. Caleb Gardner, of Brookline, Mass. and Newport, Rhode Island, was a nephew of Mary (Gardner) Boylston and by this relationship a cousin to President John Adams, who was also a close friend. John Quincy Adams was a close family friend as the relationship continued into the next generations of their family.
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Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall
Lucy Sparhawk
Lucy's family relationships and ancestors are notable and many. She was the aunt of Susannah (Gardner) Aspinwall, wife of her husband's brother Dr. William Aspinwall. Lucy's sister Mary (Sparhawk) and Isaac Gardner, a cousin of Lucy's husband Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall, were parents of Mrs. Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline. The Sparhawk line to Lucy includes surnames Oliver, Danforth, Whiting, St John, Hyde, Fuller and others, being a well-documented lineage rich in colonial history and with documented royal ancestors by way of the St John line. Nathaniel Sparhawk was a Deacon of the Cambridge church in Massachusetts and prominent landowner with thousands of acres to his name. The Reverends Samuel Newman and Samuel and Joseph Whiting are among distinguished ancestors, also including Hon. Thomas Danforth of Cambridge and Framingham, Massachusetts who was the first treasurer of Harvard College, President of Maine and Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Lucy's ancestor John "The Scholar" Oliver graduated with the Harvard class of 1645. The list of ancestors with a notable history is too long to continue here.
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Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
Edward Brewer
Descendant of Daniel Brewer. Sixth generation of the Brewer family who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Son of Stephen Brewer and Susanna (White) Brewer. Susanna was a first cousin of Susanna (Boylston) Adams, the mother of President John Adams, by way of her father Major Edward White of Brookline, whose sister Ann White married Peter Boylston.
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Thomas Aspinwall Brewer
Mary Foster Brewer
Her father Ebenezer Brewer was a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer. Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was her second cousin in the Brewer family of Roxbury, being the grandson of Stephen Brewer. Stephen and Joseph were sons of Nathaniel Brewer III and Elizabeth (Mayo) Brewer of Roxbury. Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer was the daughter of Mary (Foster) and Ebenezer Brewer of Roxbury. Her maternal grandparents parents were probably John and Jane Foster of Boston. The Foster line needs serious research. There might be a Mayflower connection, but the Rose Foster-Myles Standish story doesn't align with information from current scholarship. There are several Foster families in the greater Boston area by the time this Mary Foster married Ebenezer Brewer. To identify the correct Foster line to Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer, the help of professionals engaged in genealogical and historical research is needed. Unfortunately the facts seem lost to history at this moment in time (2023).
In each generation, learning about siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and their lives and associates will yield a more complete understanding of the lives and circumstances of the direct line ancestors. There is much factual information to read and enjoy that adds context to family history in the direct line. Everyone has extended family and associates. Much can be gained from this type of family research.
The Aspinwall line from Peter Aspinwall includes Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Samuel Finley Breese Morse and countless other men and women of distinction. More importantly, the family were involved for generations as friends as well as family. They knew one another, corresponded and served together in government for over two centuries. In the 20th century, Admiral William Shepherd Benson and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt were cousins, and knew they were cousins and who their ancestors were. Benson and FDR also had an Aspinwall-Brewer connection via FDR's maternal line.
Descendants of Peter Aspinwall remained closely involved as family even as one branch of the Aspinwall family was settled at the family seat in Brookline and the other prominent branch became settled in New York. The Connecticut Aspinwall family were closely involved with cousins in Brookline and New York also, including by way of the silk industry in Connecticut and development of the textile industry in the United States, and in trade.
NAPOLEON BREWER CORBIN
Son of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin
and Adeline (Brewer) Corbin Clayton
Vineville, Bibb County, Georgia
Vineville district, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Napoleon Brewer Corbin married Margaret Hankerson Smith. They had six children.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin. He was the only child of Adeline (Brewer) Corbin Clayton. Adeline was the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin, who died soon after his son was born. His widow Adeline later married a second time, to Robert B. Clayton.
Margaret Hankerson (Smith) Corbin was a daughter of John and Isabella (Davis) Smith of Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin
Corbin, N. clk Jaques & Johnson, res near Pio Nono College, Vineville — 1884 City Directory and Gazetter
Grandson of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer of Vineville. They were from Massachusetts. Three children, all born in Georgia: Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, Adeline Brewer, and Edward Ebenezer Brewer.
Great-grandson of Edward Brewer and Catharine Sparhawk (Aspinwall) Brewer; and Ebenezer Brewer and Mary (Foster) Brewer, all of Massachusetts.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and his wife Mary Foster Brewer kept up correspondence with their families in Massachusetts and other locations. Cousins, aunts and uncles in Massachusetts and other locations were involved with Thomas Aspinwall Brewer after he moved to Georgia and until he died. His son E. E. Brewer went to college at Amherst in Massachusetts. His grandson, William Shepherd Benson of the United States Navy, was acquainted with several relatives and in some situations found himself a colleague to distant cousins, many of whom knew they were related and by which family lines.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer had cousins in Georgia. The family of Edward White, a son of Capt. Benjamin and his wife Elizabeth (Aspinwall) White of Brookline, came to Georgia after the Revolutionary War. Edward White settled in Savannah, where he was buried. He also had a plantation in Georgia called Brooklyn, or Brookline Plantation. His wedding in Brookline was a big affair and has been documented by the Brookline Historical Society. Edward White's children and descendants were close friends to their cousins in the Thomas Aspinwall Brewer family. Newspapers report social visits involving members of the White, Brewer and Benson families which verify this relationship. Edward White of Savannah was a double cousin, being related to Thomas Aspinwall Brewer by his mother Elizabeth Aspinwall and his father Capt. Benjamin White, thus close cousins twice; this in addition to earlier shared ancestors in their family lines, and also being connected by way of marriages between the two families in preceding generations.
Edward Brewer and Ebenezer Brewer were first cousins. Their paternal grandparents were Nathaniel III and Elizabeth (Mayo) Brewer of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was Edward's grandson, and his wife Mary Foster Brewer was granddaughter of Ebenezer Brewer.
Edward Brewer was a son of Stephen Brewer and Susanna White of Roxbury and Brookline, Massachusetts. The Brewers were early settlers of Roxbury and prominent residents for more than two centuries since the founding of that town. The White family were early settlers and prominent residents of nearby Brookline, Massachusetts.
Ebenezer Brewer of Roxbury was a son of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer, also of Roxbury. The Brewer family and Weld family were early settlers and prominent residents of Roxbury.
Joseph Brewer and his wife Rebecca Weld were distant cousins, both being direct descendants of Edward Weld and Amye, of England.
Reverend Thomas Weld was the grandfather of Margaret (Weld) Brewer, wife of Nathaniel Brewer of Roxbury. The Brewer surname descends through this line. Reverend Thomas Weld was an author of the Bay Psalm Book. He was an early leader of the First Church in Roxbury. He was closely associated with Harvard College and a fundraiser for that institution, traveling to and from England several times on behalf of Harvard College. His children were with his first wife Margaret, whose maiden name may have been Deresley. Reverend Thomas Weld was married three times. He died in England, where he was also buried. His son Thomas Weld married Dorothy Whiting, the only daughter of Reverend Samuel Whiting of Lynn and an unknown first wife who died in England. Dorothy's stepmother was Elizabeth (St John) Whiting, daughter of Oliver St John and Sarah (Bulkeley) St John of England. Elizabeth's brother Oliver St John was Chief Justice of England and a supporter of Oliver Cromwell. Dorothy's half-brother was the Reverend Joseph Whiting, another ancestor of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer by way of his grandmother Lucy (Sparhawk) Aspinwall.
Captain Joseph Weld, the brother of Reverend Thomas Weld, was the great-grandfather of Rebecca (Weld) Brewer. He is best known for having donated land to Harvard College and for having been the wealthiest resident of Massachusetts in his day. Capt. Weld and Elizabeth Wise were parents of John Weld, who married Margaret Bowen. Their son Lt. Joseph Weld and his wife Sarah (Faxon) Weld Chamberlain were the parents of Ebenezer Weld, who married Mary Craft. Their daughter Rebecca Weld married Joseph Brewer. In each generation, the family of the wives is known and includes ancestors, but for Elizabeth (Wise) Weld whose father's family is not traced. Elizabeth (Wise) Weld does not tie to any of the Wise families in Massachusetts. Historians and genealogists agree that the ancestry of Elizabeth (Wise) Weld is unknown. Today, the original Weld estate owned by Captain Joseph Weld includes the Harvard Arboretum. Other land was donated by later generations of the family for use as a cemetery.
Read more history below and in biographies found on memorials. Sources available include the Massachusetts Historical Society and various genealogy publications and other publications found online. Several entries on Wikipedia and on history websites are relevant to the Thomas Aspinwall Brewer family of Vineville and Macon and their ancestors. Information about the Brewer family and ancestors (as well as descendants) continues to surface online. Search carefully and often to learn more.
The name Ebenezer descended in the family from Ebenezer Weld to his grandson Ebenezer Brewer, and then to Ebenezer Brewer's grandson Edward Ebenezer Brewer of Vineville, who was named for his two Brewer grandfathers Edward Brewer and Ebenezer Brewer.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin was named Napoleon for his father Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin, and Brewer for his mother's family.
The Brewer family in Georgia were descendants of immigrant ancestor Daniel Brewer and his wife Joanna. Both Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and his wife Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer were direct descendants of Daniel Brewer and Joanna.
Messrs. Culver and Corbin, property for rent
The Macon news. (Macon, Ga.), August 31, 1898, Page 4
CORBIN & VIRGIN
"At Walker's Old Stand, opposite the market
Dealers in Family and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Butter, Chickens, Eggs, etc. Also
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, etc., in their season. All goods delivered free of cost to any part of the city.
We have engaged the services of Mr. C. H. Freeman, who has been catering to the tastes of Macon for the last twenty-eight years, and will do his best for all his old friends who may favor him with a call. sep12tf"
The Telegraph and Messenger
Macon, Georgia
October 17, 1871
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034225/1871-10-17/ed-1/seq-2/
• CORBIN & VIRGIN
Partnership of Napoleon Brewer CORBIN and William Henry VIRGIN.
William Henry Virgin was the father of N. B. Corbin's son-in-law, James Holt Virgin.
• Charles Henry Freeman, father of Hattie Eliza (Freeman) Benson. Hattie was the wife of Napoleon Brewer Corbin's first cousin Thomas Brewer Benson.
• Thomas Brewer Benson was a son of Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson and Richard Aaron Benson.
• Charles Henry Freeman - C. H. Freeman was associated with Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Edward Ebenezer Brewer in the Brewer grocery business. He was employed by Corbin and Virgin. Charles Henry Freeman and his wife Hannah (Lum) Freeman came from New Jersey to Macon.
• Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was a merchant, landowner, gentlemen farmer and planter.
• The Benson-Scott family was Eliza Jane (Jappie) Benson Scott, her son Richard Aaron Benson and his wife Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson, and Eliza's second husband William Scott. They were cotton planters. William Scott had thousands of acres in cotton and other crops. Richard Aaron Benson has been described as a planter. William Shepherd Benson, a son of Richard Aaron Benson and Catherine Elizabeth Brewer, was the first four-star admiral and the first Chief of Naval Operations in the history of the United States Navy.
• The Corbin family were cotton planters. Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin died leaving only one son by his second wife Adeline Brewer, Napoleon Brewer Corbin. His descendants have been prominently associated with Vineville and Macon for several generations. Corbin Avenue in Macon was named for his family.
• Charles Henry Freeman has been called a planter. He lived in Macon where he was a gentleman by standing in the social order of the day, although he seems to have been employed by the Brewer grocery businesses. He was a nephew of Azel Roe Freeman, well-known citizen of Macon. Charles Henry Freeman probably owned some land as well as his residence, but perhaps is more correctly identified with business and mercantile pursuits in Macon, which after all was a city that had developed into a bustling commercial center because of the railroad. His wife Hannah (Lum) Freeman had her own relatives from New Jersey in Macon, notably being owners of a jewelry business. This family did not support succession and for this reason removed from Macon at the beginning of the War Between the States. Charles and Hannah were Macon residents until they died.
Families residing in Vineville had large estates. Their properties in Vineville included gardens and fields where they grew vegetables and kept livestock. Cotton was grown in Vineville, but wealthy planters had large cotton plantations in other locations. They lived in the Vineville district near Macon where they had neighbors, rather than in remote locations where most cotton was grown. Household servants in Vineville were enslaved men and women who worked in the household and as groundskeepers and gardners.
N. B. Corbin's first cousin, Thomas Brewer Benson, was a railroad conductor. At this time, a good position given to men from prominent families and the first step to higher management in the railroad industry. He died in 1880. His wife Hattie Eliza Freeman had died before him, leaving two young daughters, Lula May Benson and Mamie Shepherd Benson.
Napoleon Brewer Corbin continued his grandfather Brewer's mercantile enterprise. He was a well-known businessman in Macon and throughout the region. He was investor and partner in various local enterprises, and held positions on boards of directors for banks and local corporations.
Charles Henry Freeman was closely associated with the Benson family before and after his daughter married Thomas Brewer Benson. He was a close associate to the family of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and thus also to N. B. Corbin. In 1884, Charles Henry Freeman was listed in the Macon City Directory as "Freeman, C. H., planter, res Troup Hill."
N. B. Corbin, Macon Grocery Company
https://books.google.com/books?id=hFZGAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gb_mobile_entity&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&hl=en&focus=searchwithinvolume&gbmsitb=1#v=snippet&q=N%20B%20Corbin%20&f=false
CORBIN & COX
https://books.google.com/books?id=h-8xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA329&lpg=PA329&dq=corbin+and+Jacques+macon+georgia&source=bl&ots=JDLVlhKiyb&sig=ACfU3U0OLuKSHKtUIGaEGe43R6Mmjl1rNQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit4sHsvKHzAhVwTDABHZ35BKoQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=corbin%20and%20Jacques%20macon%20georgia&f=false
CORBIN FAMILY
Notes
Margaret Leona Corbin married James Holt Virgin, son of William Henry Virgin and a grandson of William Simon Holt, the first president of the Southwestern railroad, and Henrietta "Hennie" (Dean) Holt Lamar. Hennie's second husband was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Jr., the distinguished statesman and politician. Henrietta (Dean) Holt Lamar was a graduate of Wesleyan College in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. [William Simon Holt, William S. Holt, Gen. William S. Holt and Gen. W. S. Holt, or simply W. S. Holt.]
http://rosehillcemeterymacongeorgia.blogspot.com/2016/09/wifes-name-is-incorrect-in-obituary-for.html?m=1
J. HOLT VIRGIN, Jeweler
Macon, Georgia
https://books.google.com/books?id=Vmg9AQAAMAAJ&q=Virgin+Macon#v=snippet&q=Virgin%20Macon&f=false
Katherine, the daughter of Robert Clayton Corbin and Daisy May (Jeter) Corbin, married Yancey Dean Bakewell, son of Mary Melanie (Dean) and Frank Percival Bakewell.
Stone Grandchildren
Charles Corbin Stone
1905 - 1970
Gladys Katherine Stone
1894 - 1993
Margaret Elizabeth Stone
1911 - 1987
Pio Nono College (1876-1920) Roman Catholic college. Cornerstone laid May 3, 1874, at which time the New York Times stated that it was to be "by far the largest Catholic college in the South." The original building was five stories tall, and sat on 40 acres. Operated as a non-denominational institution; was not successful. Occupied next by Jesuits as St. Stanislaus College. Burned November 1921 and not rebuilt. In 1926, the site became Macon's first subdivision, called "Stanislaus" after the college. — Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pio_Nono_College_(Georgia)
CORBIN in Georgia
"Near Fickling's Mill was an inn where travelers on coaches spent the night. Many noted guests including Henry Clay, General LaFayette, James Polk, were entertained at numerous inns along this main route to New Orleans. The Peter Corbin mansion which stood about a mile from the Flint River on the Wire Road entertained General LaFayette. (See Corbin Family, by Charles Culver Corbin, Jr. at Butler Library)."
— HISTORY OF TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA
BREWER family
Massachusetts to Georgia
Daniel Brewer and Joanna, Nathaniel Brewer and Elizabeth Rand, Nathaniel Brewer, Jr. and Margaret Weld, Nathaniel Brewer III and Elizabeth Mayo. In the next generation, two bothers become direct ancestors of Adeline Brewer, the mother of Napoleon Brewer Corbin.
Line One
- PATERNAL line, the Brewer surname in Georgia
Nathaniel Brewer III married Elizabeth Mayo:
Stephen Brewer married Susanna White, Edward Brewer married Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall, THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER married Mary Foster Brewer.
Line Two
- MATERNAL line to Brewer family in Georgia
Nathaniel Brewer III married Elizabeth Mayo:
Joseph Brewer married Rebeckah Weld, Ebenezer Brewer married Mary Foster, MARY FOSTER BREWER married Thomas Aspinwall Brewer.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066183567&view=1up&seq=142&skin=2021
ASPINWALL family of Brookline, Massachusetts
Peter Aspinwall and Remember Palfrey, Capt. Samuel Aspinwall and Sarah Stevens, Lt. Thomas Aspinwall and Johanna Gardner, Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall and Lucy Sparhawk, Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall and Edward Brewer (shared several ancestors), Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster Brewer (second cousins in the Brewer family, shared Weld ancestors, other shared ancestors), Adeline Brewer married Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin. Napoleon Brewer Corbin was their son.
Peter Aspinwall
- parents unknown
Remember Palfrey
- daughter of Peter and Edith Palfrey
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Captain Samuel Aspinwall
Sarah Stevens
Her niece Mary (Stevens) Warren was the mother of Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the American Revolution. Dr. Warren was a close friend to his second cousins Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall and Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline.
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Lt. Thomas Aspinwall
Johanna Gardner
Johanna's father Capt. Caleb Gardner, of Brookline, Mass. and Newport, Rhode Island, was a nephew of Mary (Gardner) Boylston and by this relationship a cousin to President John Adams, who was also a close friend. John Quincy Adams was a close family friend as the relationship continued into the next generations of their family.
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Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall
Lucy Sparhawk
Lucy's family relationships and ancestors are notable and many. She was the aunt of Susannah (Gardner) Aspinwall, wife of her husband's brother Dr. William Aspinwall. Lucy's sister Mary (Sparhawk) and Isaac Gardner, a cousin of Lucy's husband Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall, were parents of Mrs. Dr. William Aspinwall of Brookline. The Sparhawk line to Lucy includes surnames Oliver, Danforth, Whiting, St John, Hyde, Fuller and others, being a well-documented lineage rich in colonial history and with documented royal ancestors by way of the St John line. Nathaniel Sparhawk was a Deacon of the Cambridge church in Massachusetts and prominent landowner with thousands of acres to his name. The Reverends Samuel Newman and Samuel and Joseph Whiting are among distinguished ancestors, also including Hon. Thomas Danforth of Cambridge and Framingham, Massachusetts who was the first treasurer of Harvard College, President of Maine and Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Lucy's ancestor John "The Scholar" Oliver graduated with the Harvard class of 1645. The list of ancestors with a notable history is too long to continue here.
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Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
Edward Brewer
Descendant of Daniel Brewer. Sixth generation of the Brewer family who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Son of Stephen Brewer and Susanna (White) Brewer. Susanna was a first cousin of Susanna (Boylston) Adams, the mother of President John Adams, by way of her father Major Edward White of Brookline, whose sister Ann White married Peter Boylston.
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Thomas Aspinwall Brewer
Mary Foster Brewer
Her father Ebenezer Brewer was a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer. Thomas Aspinwall Brewer was her second cousin in the Brewer family of Roxbury, being the grandson of Stephen Brewer. Stephen and Joseph were sons of Nathaniel Brewer III and Elizabeth (Mayo) Brewer of Roxbury. Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer was the daughter of Mary (Foster) and Ebenezer Brewer of Roxbury. Her maternal grandparents parents were probably John and Jane Foster of Boston. The Foster line needs serious research. There might be a Mayflower connection, but the Rose Foster-Myles Standish story doesn't align with information from current scholarship. There are several Foster families in the greater Boston area by the time this Mary Foster married Ebenezer Brewer. To identify the correct Foster line to Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer, the help of professionals engaged in genealogical and historical research is needed. Unfortunately the facts seem lost to history at this moment in time (2023).
In each generation, learning about siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and their lives and associates will yield a more complete understanding of the lives and circumstances of the direct line ancestors. There is much factual information to read and enjoy that adds context to family history in the direct line. Everyone has extended family and associates. Much can be gained from this type of family research.
The Aspinwall line from Peter Aspinwall includes Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Samuel Finley Breese Morse and countless other men and women of distinction. More importantly, the family were involved for generations as friends as well as family. They knew one another, corresponded and served together in government for over two centuries. In the 20th century, Admiral William Shepherd Benson and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt were cousins, and knew they were cousins and who their ancestors were. Benson and FDR also had an Aspinwall-Brewer connection via FDR's maternal line.
Descendants of Peter Aspinwall remained closely involved as family even as one branch of the Aspinwall family was settled at the family seat in Brookline and the other prominent branch became settled in New York. The Connecticut Aspinwall family were closely involved with cousins in Brookline and New York also, including by way of the silk industry in Connecticut and development of the textile industry in the United States, and in trade.
NAPOLEON BREWER CORBIN
Son of Napoleon Bonaparte Corbin
and Adeline (Brewer) Corbin Clayton
Vineville, Bibb County, Georgia
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